Clarendon Hall varsity boys’ basketball coach Anthony Reitenour is pulling double duty this year.
He will also serve as the varsity girls’ basketball coach during the 2017-18 season.
“It’s been really interesting,” said Reitenour of coaching both teams at the same time. “You get to see different levels of talent among the separate groups. The teams can feed off of each other as well.”
Like the boys’ team, the girls finished 0-17 in the 2016-17 season. Reitenour said he’s obviously hoping for a better finish in the 2017-18 season.
“They were pretty much as green as the boys’ team,” Reitenour… Read the rest

The Laurence Manning Academy varsity girls’ basketball team finished the 2016-17 season with a 4-19 record.
Head Coach Gary Bennett, therefore, hopes the team can get into double digit wins in the coming season.
“We won four games last year,” he said. “If we could reach double digit wins, that would be a positive thing for us.”
The team will have to get past a tough South Carolina Independent School Association conference schedule. He said the first two games will be critical.
“We play Thomas Sumter and Pinewood Prep right at the start for the first two games of the… Read the rest

The Manning High School Lady Monarchs finished a respectable 23-6 in the 2016-17 basketball season.
Thus far, Coach Darren Mazyck said his girls are “looking pretty good.”
“We had a scrimmage last Wednesday and we will have another Saturday,” he said. “They are looking good on the court. They worked in the off-season and are down really well.”
The Lady Monarchs finished second in the region last season and ultimately concluded the year in with a loss in the semi-finals.
“We’re looking to be pretty competitive in the region this year,” Mazyck said. “We want to try and win this… Read the rest

Manning Rotarians traveled Nov. 3 to Manning Primary and Walker Gamble Elementary schools to deliver dictionaries to all third-grade students at those schools. Those giving out dictionaries included members Leigh Ann Maynard, Robert J. Baker, Amy Land and President Ryan Way.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following students were named to the A-B Honor Roll for the 1st Quarter at Monarch Academy. Names are published exactly as presented to The Manning Times, with editing only done for formatting purposes.
NINTH GRADE
Wyatt Combs​
EIGHTH GRADE
Madison Combs and Ja’Hugh Martin

George Summers delivers a check to Summerton Rotary Club Treasurer Cleve Dowell and Chairwoman of Service Projects Diane Georgia during a recent meeting. The check was provided through a grant for which the club applied last spring. The club received the check Oct. 6 at the Rotary Fall Seminar at Mt. Pleasant, which George Summers, Mamie Mellerson and Carole Summers attended. The club provides a match for the grant and partners with Goody’s to provide shoes and coats.

The Manning High School varsity Monarchs finished the 2017-18 basketball season with a 10-15 record and 3-7 in the region.
The team made it to the playoffs, but lost in the first round to Laurens High School.
“Obviously, we want to do better this year, and we’re working toward that,” said Head Coach Rolando Shuler.
The team started practicing a couple of weeks ago, but was hampered by several players still involved with football. The Monarchs’ football team ended its season Nov. 3 with a loss in the first round of the state playoffs.
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The Laurence Mannig Academy Swampcats celebrated Friday with a pep rally before the SCISA State Championship, which will be held 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Benedict College. The Swampcats will play Hammond for the title.

Most of the 130 or so golfers at the Second Chance Animal Shelter Golf Classic luncheon probably had cell phones, but unfortunately, no one captured what was to many people the most exciting moment of the day.
As the winning ticket was drawn for the Margaritaville bicycle – generously donated by the local bicycle Corporation of America – a young man jumped up, let out a few shouts and waved his arms in the air as he held up the winning ticket.
Most of the other golfers were probably disappointed that they hadn’t won the bike – until they saw… Read the rest

With the Laurence Manning Academy varsity Swampcats headed to the South Carolina Independent School Association 3-A State Championship finals for football, the school’s varsity basketball team hasn’t had much time to practice in the past two weeks.
In fact, only four boys on the basketball team aren’t on the football team.
“We haven’t really been able to practice how we need to,” said Head Coach Will Epps. “But we had a good season last year, so I’m confident we will be able to get right to it.”
The team went 26-8 and won the Region Tournament in the 2016-17 season.… Read the rest